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Location:

LIVERPOOL,UK

Member Since:

Sep 27, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Triathlons are my New sport and I LOVE IT  

 

Recent last few years  as I havent done much since I was 16/17yrs, on and off injuries, going out with Friends started. Operations on injuries- compartment syndrome front of the shin had small operation to release the pressure on the fascia.

Oct 2007.  Did the great north run.  ( I was in the elite ladies race, against Kara Goucher and Paula Radcliffe, Im sure u Americans will recall that race).

 I was just in on my previous times from the Bath Half Marathon. I ran it as best as I could off my training & circumstances...

 

Decided to do my 1st Marathon with London looming in the following April I was in the ladies Elite race again.  So the training was on.  I realise now I didnt give my body enough time to recover as it did break down in the last 5 weeks of my training. Injury bound, with calf and hamstring problems I raced! 

London Marathon, April 08 (Injury calf issues) 1st marathon  3hrs.12mins .30 secs

Dublin Marathon  Oct 08  3hrs.01mins.13  undulating and 1 toilet stuck/stop (LOL)

Bath Half 2007    1.26.35 hrs

Wilmslow half marathon english champs    1.25.39

18th lady  (With piriformis injury ).

Liverpool 10k 2008 Oct 37.42mins midst marathon training 

Wirral 5k 2009 17.41mins off the back off marathon week 

Track 3000ms 10.45mins  hmmm I ran this to get points for my club so I just did tactical and ran on 1st lady shoulder and sprinted at the end !

 

 

As a youngster

County Champion for Xcountry and

High Jump

and 1500ms track.

pbs aged 13 yrs old

800ms 2mins 16secs

1500ms 4mins 48 secs

high jump 1metre 53  (cant do this now) and I never trained for it as a kid, just competed alot for points for my club, usually spend 2 hours highjumping, and skip off to do an 800 or 1500ms race then go back to high jump, Wish I took the running more seriously!

 

Run on more than several occasions for my County against Ireland county of Dublin.

Top 50 finnisher at 14yrs of age in english nationals Xcountry.


Short-Term Running Goals:

Complete my 1st Triathlon    1st lady   Brinscall  ok this was a triathlon with no timed transition i treated it as a training race to see if I like triathlons and I love them.

Complete off road triathlon  2nd lady.. 12 secs behind my age group world champion.  Tameside triathlon

Complete outdoor water race 1 mile   Salford Great north swim . 29 mins yay

Complete Olympic distance triathlon

Races for 2010  Future races.

Winter Duathlon Series Race 1 - December 12th 2010  Won  overall time 1hr 8 mins 43 secs

winter duathlon series race 2

2011  1st Lady overall time  1hr 09mins 04 secs.

Windy very windy

3rd race Duathlon winter series Feb 20th 2011

 Races for 2011

ITU Duathlon 2011 qualifier                                                               Dambuster Duathlon, East Midlands – 19th March 2011  

Qualifiers ITU Sprint Triathlon 2011 & ETU Sprint Triathlon 2012       Speedy Beaver, East midlands – 29th May 2011

Itu Standard triathlon 2011 qualifier                      Shropshire Triathlon   West Midlands 5th June 2011

ITU Standard Triathlon 2011 & ETU Standard Triathlon 2012             Dambuster Triathlon, East Midlands – 18th June 2011

London Triathlon Hyde Park ITU World Championship series race       6th AUGUST 2011  (practice format hopefully for Beijing)

 

Need to Qualify for GB Team  Beijing World Championships which is on

September 10/11th 2011



 

new pb for 5k 17.41 minsnext running goal for 5k is sub 17.30 mins Summer Track season and road 10k's & 5k's  

Lots of goals, lots of hard work and no play! ;-)

Long-Term Running Goals:


   

training pbs



swim

3750 1hr6mins 

2500 41.37 mins 29th May 2011 

1600ms 27.45

1500ms 24.00  8th April 2011 NEW PB 

500ms 7mins 38 

Cycle

42 miles 2hr 15

25 miles 1hr 15min 00s 

25miles 1hr 9mins 5secs with a decent wind! 11.6.12 

26.25 miles 1hr 12mins boooom :) 

20miles 59.30 mins 

12miles 36 mins 

10 miles 27:44mins new pb after a pb swim 8/4/11

10 miles straight out 26mins 35secs new pb 27/9/11

10 miles on turbo 25mins 35secs 

 Run 9 mile route h/town 1hr 2mins 43secs

5.23 mile route home fishermans coast bypass 

37.04 mins.

 


 

Personal:

 

 


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I woke up late rushed to the gym late..... xtrainer 15 mins level 6  oh I felt stiff and tired. 

 I did stretch lots yesterday, even did the trigger point with my calf roller I got this from here   http://www.tptherapy.com/    its great to try release tension in your muscles yourself inbetween phsysio sessions...  but alls I can say is if youve tried it yourself 

"YOU know the PAIN"  LOL So I spent an hour trying to release the tension in my back against a wall then on the floor using my own weight ouch... my husband thinks im mad so does my son... It worked somewhat so this should help when I go see the physio later. 

6.9 miles   easy through trails and lots & lots of small sand dunes and trail hills, nice route it was slow but hence the terrain, then did some road work same effort but picked the pace up to about 7.30 pace, realised I was running late (excuse the pun)  picked the pace up a bit more marathon pace 6.45 for last 1.5 miles

 

10 mins xtrainer.

Im tired this morning... nobody to see as I hit the woods and trails, very quiet but I did see a Pheasant male very colourful ground bird.

Nice cool morning not much wind as the trees shielded it, a little overcast.

I am supposed to be doing a session this afternoon 10-11 miles with 3x1 mile reps in the middle. I am going to play it safe and do a long 9 miler easy leave the reps till tomorrow as Im feeling sore...I have the physio early evening cant wait NOT.....

Afternoon 

Gym xtrainer 20 mins calf raises after level 6 

 

did 9 miles easy though it wasnt! went out sand dunes and beach just so I wouldnt try out the mile reps...tempting you see..

So beach head wind all the way....this was hard. I did the full stretch of beach and then came back through sanddunes allot of them and trails with lots of short very steep hills... how much fun I really enjoyed myself especially running the downs :-)

1hr 18 mins just over 9 miles, last mile I did go a little fast hit the road oopsy....

10 mins step ups (proper ones not on a stepper)

15 mins xtrainer level 6  

 

PHYSIO...... well back was in a real bad way in the end  not supposed to run on the road for a few days.....and my hammy is ok just stressed out.... 

 

 

 

Nike Vomeros 3 Green/Yellow Swoosh Miles: 15.90
Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From ChrisM on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 07:43:43 from 130.88.123.4

I've thought about getting one of those foam roller things but I object to paying £20+ for something that looks like you could get from the DIY store for £5!

Plus it sounds like it kinda hurts! :(

You still taking the herbal stuff to help with sleep?

From Burt on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 14:28:31 from 68.76.197.194

I want to know the PAIN! LOL!

From Sam Dean-howard on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 16:04:41 from 90.201.147.217

Chris Foam rollers cant be doing with havnt got one tried it at the gym dont really work like the quad roller which is worth its weight in gold :-)

Yes it hurts....... and Burt the pain was real bad at the physio today real bad OUCHIE

From allie on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 16:56:08 from 205.124.145.254

wow. great workouts today! i hope your back gets to feeling better.

From Sam Dean-howard on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 07:26:07 from 78.32.130.9

Oh Allie thankyou, I face booked the route etc on my profile but cant get it up on here..... I went slightly fast at the end a bit too fast.... but glad now as Im on a recovery week next week which is built into my plan...so the back should be well and truly back to normal by then. :-)

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